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Parallel Port-attached ZIP 100, ZIP+, and ZIP 250 driver

This driver supports daisy-chaining, up to a total of five drives. The connections must be CPU → ZIP Plus/250 → ZIP Plus/250 → ZIP (original), which MUST be last. Note that ZIP Plus terminator MUST BE OFF unless it is the LAST drive in the chain. If a ZIP (original) is the last drive, then the ZIP Plus terminator MUST BE OFF.

BASEDEV=PPAOS2.ADD

Parameters

/V Verbose Output
/PORT:# # = Parallel port address (i.e. 378, 278, 3bc)

MULTIPLE PARALLEL PORT DRIVES Each driver instance supports ONLY one parallel port. To install TWO instances, you MUST specify the /PORT: parameter on at least one driver statement to get to the LPT2 port; for example:

basedev=ppaos2.add /port:378
basedev=ppaos2.add /port:278

Limitations

OS/2 versions that use LVM for managing hard file space exhibit several peculiarities working with ZIP drives.

Even though media is inserted at boot time, a drive letter may not be assigned. To force the assignment of a driver letter, double-click on the "Refresh Removable Media" object. If that fails, eject the media, re-insert, and double-click on the "Refresh Removable Media" object.
LVM may report the ZIP drive as corrupted. You can still create a volume.
Do NOT do an LVM "Commit Changes" with ZIP media that already contains data inserted. The data may be lost.

Product Support
OS/2 1.3
OS/2 2.0
OS/2 2.1
OS/2 2.11 SMP
OS/2 Warp 3	C
OS/2 Warp Connect	C
OS/2 Warp 4	C
OS/2 Warp Server for e-Business	S

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 Parallel Port-attached ZIP 100, ZIP+, and ZIP 250 driver
-This driver supports daisy chaining, up to a total of five drives. The connections must be CPU -> ZIP Plus/250 -> ZIP Plus/250-> ZIP (original), which MUST be last. Note that ZIP Plus terminator MUST BE OFF unless it is the LAST drive in the chain. If a ZIP (original) is the last drive, then the ZIP Plus termintor MUST BE OFF.
+This driver supports daisy-chaining, up to a total of five drives. The connections must be CPU → ZIP Plus/250 → ZIP Plus/250 → ZIP (original), which MUST be last. Note that ZIP Plus terminator MUST BE OFF unless it is the LAST drive in the chain. If a ZIP (original) is the last drive, then the ZIP Plus terminator MUST BE OFF.
   BASEDEV=PPAOS2.ADD
-'''Parameters'''
+==Parameters==
 * /V Verbose Output
-* /PORT:# # = Parallel port address (ie 378, 278, 3bc)
+* /PORT:# # = Parallel port address (i.e. 378, 278, 3bc)
 '''MULTIPLE PARALLEL PORT DRIVES'''
 Each driver instance supports ONLY one parallel port. To install TWO instances, you MUST specify the /PORT: parameter on at least one driver statement to get to the LPT2 port; for example:
-  basedev=ppaos2.add /port:378
+ basedev=ppaos2.add /port:378
-  basedev=ppaos2.add /port:278
+ basedev=ppaos2.add /port:278
-'''LIMITATIONS'''
+==Limitations==
-OS/2 versions that use LVM for managing hard file space exhibit several pecularities working with ZIP drives.
+OS/2 versions that use LVM for managing hard file space exhibit several peculiarities working with ZIP drives.
-# Even though media is inserted at boot time, a drive letter may not be assigned. To force the assignment of a driver letter, double click on the "Refresh Removable Media" object. If that fails, eject the media, re-insert, and double click on the "Refresh Removable Media" object.
+# Even though media is inserted at boot time, a drive letter may not be assigned. To force the assignment of a driver letter, double-click on the "Refresh Removable Media" object. If that fails, eject the media, re-insert, and double-click on the "Refresh Removable Media" object.
 # LVM may report the ZIP drive as corrupted. You can still create a volume.
+# Do NOT do an LVM "Commit Changes" with ZIP media that already contains data inserted. The data may be lost.
-# Do NOT do an LVM "Commit Changes" with ZIP media that already contains data inserted. The data may be lost.
+{{ProdS |V30=C|V31=C|V40=C|V45=S}}
-{|class="wikitable"
-|+Platform Support:
-!OS/2 2.x
-!OS/2 3.0
-!OS/2 4.0
-!OS/2 4.5x
-|-
-|
-|*
-|*
-|Yes
-|}
-[[Category:BASEDEV Statements]]
+[[Category:BASEDEV Statements]][[Category:Adapter Device Drivers]]